Verb & Verbals
In the following sentences, identify the verbs and their subjects.
Efforts on his behalf have proven fruitful.
Subject: Efforts
True or False
A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, quality, activity, concept, or condition.
True
Do's or Don'ts
Over-correct every single mistake your students make.
Don't
Can you correct the error in the following sentence?
Her and I studied together last night.
She and I studied together last night.
Can you identify the adjective in the following sentence?
Devon became sad when he heard the news.
Sad
In the following sentence, underline the verbs and identify them as transitive or intransitive.
Television and radio have helped him through lonely hours.
In the following sentence, identify all nouns.
Intellect alone never provides an adequate answer.
Intellect, answer
Do's or Don'ts
Use a red pen to mark their errors.
Don't
Can you correct the error in the following sentence?
Please contact Mirta or myself if you have questions.
Please contact Mirta or me if you have questions.
Can you identify the adverb in the following sentence?
I bought a new car yesterday.
Yesterday
In the following sentence, identify the copulative verb and their complements.
The dictionary became more important to him as he progressed in English.
Copulative verb: became
Complement: important; predicate adjective
True or False
In the sentence, "The lawyer gave her secretary a brief letter."
The direct object is the secretary.
False
Do's or Don'ts
Be kind and patient in the way you correct.
Do
Can you correct the error in the following sentence?
Bernard and I helped one another to figure out the problem.
Bernard and I helped each other to figure out the problem.
A quiet stream is an example of what type of adjective?
Descriptive
In the following sentence, identify the auxiliary verb.
Might I have a little more soup, please?
Might
Democrat = Proper noun
This sentence is an example of what type of error?
In my country, only those people can be given such titles who have graduate degrees.
Word Order
Are the pronouns in the following sentence subjective, objective, or possessive?
We, Chris and I, travelled to many countries teaching English.
Subjective
True or false
The underlined part of the following sentence is an example of a adverbial phrase.
I went because my husbanded insisted.
False.
Agreement of subject & verb:
There was three men behind her in the checkout line.
Is this correct or incorrect?
Incorrect
True or False
The definite article is the. It is used to indicate a specific class of nouns or pronouns or a specific member of a class of nouns or pronouns.
This sentence is an example of what type of error?
Jose attends the university because of its low tuition, its good reputation, and to live in a big city.
Parallelism
Who, whose, which, what, whoever, and whatever are all what type of pronoun?
Interrogative
When adjectives act as complements, they are called .
Predicate adjectives